If, by now, you've gotten the basic premise of CISPA, then you'll probably be glad that it hasn't been passed yet.  But that's another story; this one is about the case of an Occupy-Wallstreet participant whose info is being requested by the federal government.  Twitter, however, has refused to simply release the private data on the grounds that the authorities in question must obtain a search-warrant before they can oblige.  At the very least, it's nice to know that some social media outlets are willing to stand up for their users. 

"Twitter, which has a history of complying with court requests for users' data, appears to be drawing a line in the sand.

The company filed a motion in a New York State court on Monday to quash a court order that would force it to hand over data pertaining to a user involved with the Occupy Wall Street movement, according to a blog post from the American Civil Liberties Union.

Malcom Harris, the user in question, is being prosecuted by the District Attorney's office in Manhattan for disorderly conduct during the Occupy movement's march across the Brooklyn Bridge last year. The prosecution is asking Twitter for Harris's email address and all his tweets over a three-month period.

Twitter, however, countered that the court would need a search warrant to get that information. It pointed to a recent Supreme Court decision which found that attaching a GPS device is considered a search under the Fourth Amendment, which prevents unreasonable searches and seizures."

Source: CNN

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